Yulia Shtern is a Canadian Visual Artist. For over a decade she has worked as a Scenic and Costume Designer for Theatre, Dance and Opera while maintaining an active visual art practice.

Yulia earned a BFA in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto, Canada), a Master degree in Scenic Design from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada), and a Master in Opera Direction from the Verona Accademia per l'Opera Italiana (Verona, Italy).

Her art has been exhibited internationally, and can be found in private collections across North America and Europe. She has attended artist residencies in Italy, Germany, and South Korea. Both her theatre design work and her art have been recognized by a number of awards, including Jessie Richardson Award for Significant Artistic Achievement: Outstanding Design Team, as a Costume Designer for a musical in Vancouver BC, Canada (2011), and the Blue Lily of Florence Cultural Association’s 2nd Place Award for Sculpture in Florence, Italy (2019). Yulia's CV can be seen here